ive had my R53 since january, bought it after finding it in a barn where it had been stood for almost 3 years having covered 40 mile in that time, got it on the road in march after doing a few minor bits to get it through the MOT
anyhoo, it broke the magic 100K landmark 6 weeks back so i got it booked into Lohen for a supercharger service and a few other bits and bobs to be done, unfortunatly but not unexpectedly for a car that had been stood for so long a few other issues were found, knackered rear engine mounting, CV boot split, belt tensioner 'shock absorber' missing, hole in radiator and the plastic radiator surround/holder broken (only the pipes were holding the radiator in place!)
managed to get some of the bits today such as a new nissen radiator and a 2nd hand housing for a fraction of the OEM price which ill be dropping off tomorrow for them to fit, they are supplying the tensioner 'obsorber' bit as they have one on the shelf but things like the engine mount and cv boot can get done at my local garage as their labour prices are cheaper than Lohen
other than that lot above im also having a smaller pulley fitted, a Kavs 11% and a superchip bluefin stage 2 set up (i had a spare bluefin handset i had redone for the cooper s), ive already a larger intercooler fitted to the car and last week switched from a cheapo ebay cone filter to a Ramair cone filter, finally i have a miltek/toyosport exhaust set up (the non resonated toyosport got too much for the commute to work so i fitted a resonated centre pipe instead which is much quieter)
hopefully it should be done tomorrow and i'll collect it on wednesday, im having a dyno run to see what sort of power its putting out too
anyhoo, it broke the magic 100K landmark 6 weeks back so i got it booked into Lohen for a supercharger service and a few other bits and bobs to be done, unfortunatly but not unexpectedly for a car that had been stood for so long a few other issues were found, knackered rear engine mounting, CV boot split, belt tensioner 'shock absorber' missing, hole in radiator and the plastic radiator surround/holder broken (only the pipes were holding the radiator in place!)
managed to get some of the bits today such as a new nissen radiator and a 2nd hand housing for a fraction of the OEM price which ill be dropping off tomorrow for them to fit, they are supplying the tensioner 'obsorber' bit as they have one on the shelf but things like the engine mount and cv boot can get done at my local garage as their labour prices are cheaper than Lohen
other than that lot above im also having a smaller pulley fitted, a Kavs 11% and a superchip bluefin stage 2 set up (i had a spare bluefin handset i had redone for the cooper s), ive already a larger intercooler fitted to the car and last week switched from a cheapo ebay cone filter to a Ramair cone filter, finally i have a miltek/toyosport exhaust set up (the non resonated toyosport got too much for the commute to work so i fitted a resonated centre pipe instead which is much quieter)
hopefully it should be done tomorrow and i'll collect it on wednesday, im having a dyno run to see what sort of power its putting out too